MIAMI – Two males from Homestead are accused of looting in Fort Myers.
The Lee County Sheriff’s Place of work posted on Fb that Ernesto Martinez, 34, and Noel Morales, 54, drove to the city saying to assist in the cleanup from the Hurricane.
Even so, the sheriff’s business office stated both equally Martinez and Morales have been observed thieving items from in front of a regional business enterprise and loading them into a trailer. Deputies identified the trailer in the space with both Morales and Martinez within.
A look for of the trailer uncovered house from the company. Equally guys were being arrested and the assets was returned to the company owner.
“These who prey on vulnerable victims in the course of a point out of unexpected emergency will be charged to the fullest extent,” said Sheriff Carmine Marceno. “I have said it a number of instances, you might walk in, but we will carry you out.”
Both equally Martinez and Morales have been billed with grand theft more than $750 less and considerably less than $5,000, with an enhancement for it happening throughout a point out of emergency.
